A Dozen Trained Assassins - S1E9 "Repairs"

Who Do You Become - S1E12 "Seeds"

This episode we fix the podcast timestream in a late-night, more-than-slightly delirious rerecording of our discussion of episode 12! Join us for a messy trip through a not-so-great SHIELD Academy. The crew discusses the odd characterization of the Academy students, the episode's centerpiece character, and the Academy itself. Along the way however, Holly just has to make a bold and poorly worded hot take that everyone gets hung up on for far too long. In Level 7, Luka and Holly elaborate on their frustrations with this episode's characters.

I Have My Orders Too - S1E13 "T.R.A.C.K.S."

"Scusi, attenzione signore signori. As we round the bend, passengers on the north side of the train can take in the views of another big one. Isn't it a wonder?" All aboard for some more Plot! Join us as Luka and Holly get excited about one of their favourite episodes of the season, and drag Buck onto this hype train with them. Looking out to the right, you will be able to catch us discussing the how this episode takes a good ol' train mystery and uses it to set up the episode's climactic moment. And if you look to your left, you might be able to see discussions about how the show deploys violence as a narrative device, in both good and bad ways. As we approach our final destination, Level 7, Luka and Holly decide to take a significant detour into gushing about the upcoming SHIELD prop auction, and far less time talking about the actual episode! Choo choo!

Nothing Makes You Doubt - S1E11 "The Magical Place"

This week we get to see the conclusion to last episode's cliffhanger as the team rushes to save Coulson with the help of some backup. Holly and Luka discuss how this episode marks the beginning of a turn away from the show's contained, episodic format towards a more serial one. Meanwhile, Buck continues to simultaneously spin and debunk his own theories about the Clairvoyant and in Level 7, Luka and Holly continue their enjoyment of those theories.

The Day After You Died - S1E10 "The Bridge"

We're back and boy howdy do we got a television episode. This week we welcome back our ol' friend Mike and as the series shifts its focus back to Centipede and leaves us with our first real cliffhanger. The trio gets supremely creeped out by Po and Raina while while trying to unravel the mystery of why the SHIELD writers wrote Po Like That. In Level 7, Luka and Holly discuss the upcoming plot reveals and discuss where some of these characters go from here.

A Dozen Trained Assassins - S1E9 "Repairs"

Sorry for the absence! Two of our hosts just started classes and needed time to adjust to new schedules. But this week, we're back with our rewatch! Join us as we finally learn more about May's tragic backstory. There's ghosts! telekinesis! and... an ideology of de-escalation?